Bundling-machine



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LUGIUS \V. ELDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUNDLlNG-MACHINE.

T1 PICIEICATIOBT forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,729, datedOctober 21, 1884.

Application filed March 18, 1884.

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Be it known that I, LU CIUS IV. ELDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBundling-Machines, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is anend view of my improved bundling-machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 is a broken detail section.

My invention has relation to machines for bundling rolls of paper,cloth, or other ma terial or articles; and it has for its object to soconstruct the machine that it gives a rotary or rolling motion to therolls or articles while being bundled, whereby they are caused to moreclosely settle together or impinge upon one another to make a morecompact bundle and prevent any of its component parts separating fromeach other or falling out of the bundle after it is tied.

My invention has for. its further object to provide a simple, durable,and easily-operated bundling-machine.

My invention accordingly consists of the combination, construction, andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described andclaimed. 7

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine, composed of endpieces, a, hav iug curved, forked, or yoked upper ends, a, for thereception of the parts to be bundled, and cross or tie bars I) b. At oneside of the frame is a shaft, 0, suitably mounted in bearings c c, andprovided with a ratchet-wheel, d, and turning handle or wheel (2.

Upon frame A, adjoining the ratchet-wheel d, is a pivoted or springpawl, d, for engagement with said wheel (I, to hold or look it and shaft0 in its wound or turned position when the bundling operation iscompleted.

To the middle of shaft 0 a strap or band, E, is secured in any suitableway. The outer or free end of said strap has a hook, 6, formed thereonor secured thereto, as more plainly shown in Fig. 4. j

At each end of the cross-bar b, and adjoin- (Xo model.)

in g the inner sides of the yokes a, are attached straps F, the outer orfree ends of which are formed or provided with eyes f, for the passageof a bolt or tie-rod, G, which connects said ends of straps F together,as shown, so as to leave a blank or'intervening space, 9, thereon.between said straps, for attachment of hook c of strap E.

The operation is as follows: The rolls of paper, cloth, or other partsto be bundled having been placed in the yokes a, the bands or straps Fand rod G are passed beneath and around said parts or bundle to bringrod Gto or near the upper part of the bundle, as illustrated.

The strap E is then passed beneath and around the opposite side of thebundle until its hook a can be connected to the blank space 1 of rod G,as shown. The parts composing the bundle are then partially surroundednear their ends by the straps F F, and at their middle arecorrespondingly enveloped by strap G, which, however, proceeds from thebundle in a direction opposite to that of the straps F. It followstherefore that when the shaft 0 is turned and the strap E wound upthereon the parts of the bundle are given a rotary or rolling motion,which makes said parts settle more closely together and impinge upon oneanother with greater force, thereby making the bundle more compact.lVhen the parts composing the bundle are sufficiently compressed, thewinding operation is stopped, the pawl (Z then holds or looks shaft 0 ina fixed position, to maintain the bundle in its compact form whilebeing. tied, after which the pawl is disengaged from ratchet-wheel (l toadmit of reversely turning shaft 0, to loosen the tension of the strapsF and E and effect a disengagement of the hook e of the latter from barGr, whereupon said straps fall away from the bundle, which can then beremoved from the machine. Said straps or hands may be of leather orother like suitable material, or flexible metal bands may be used. Inthe former case the eyes f and hookc are made of metal and riveted tothe straps, while in the latter case said eyes, hook, and straps are allformed integral.

I do not limit myself to the form of frame shown, as it is obvious thatit may be variously configured and constructed and. its operating partsbe dii'ieirently arranged without departing from the spirit of 1n yinvention.

hat I claim is 1. A bundling-machine comprising a l'rame having areceptacle for the parts to be bunl dled, two series of oppositc'lyarranged bands for encircling the bundle, and having free ends, meansfor uniting said ends, and a winding-shaft in gear with the ends of oneof said series of bands, substantially as and. for the purpose setforth.

2. In a bundlingqnachine, the combination of frame A, straps or bands FF, connectingbar G, strap or band E, having hook e, and thewinding-shaft. C, substantially as shown and described.

I In a bundlirig-machine, the straps F F, the free ends of which areunited by a rod, G, in combination with a strap, E, adapted to beconnected to said rod and to a winding-shaft, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. The combination of frame A, having at tached bands 1* F, the freeendsf of which are 5 connected by arod, G, and the winding-shaft C,having band E, provided with a hook, c, t substantially as shown anddescribed. 2

3. The combination ot frame A, bands 1" if, rod (j, winding-shaft (J,and band 1'1 having hook c. substantially as shown and described.

' (i. The combination of frame A, bands 1, having fixed and free endsand connecting rod G, the strap or band 1'], having hook 0, and thewinding-shaft (l, having a ratchet or looking mechanism, substantiallyas shown and described.

7. In a bundling-maehine, the combination, of straps or hands F, havingeyes f and uniting-rod G, the band 15, having hook c, and thewinding'shaft G, substantially as shown and described.

8. The frame A, having attached bands 1', providedwith bar G, and thewint'ling-shat't 0, having attached band 10, provided with a hook, a,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I at'iix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I1U( )1 L754 W. 1th] FR.

Witnesses:

JOHN Rmionus, S. 3'. VA): S'IAYOILIQN.

